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Pine Needle Bases

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Putzfrau, Dec 3, 2018.

  1. Putzfrau
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    I have a bit of a unique question. I'm planning on making a "pine forest" type base for my lizards. Think Pacific Northwest (if you're familiar with that area of the states) with a dark floor, pine needles, mushrooms, some sticks, tree stumps, etc.

    I'm struggling to find a convincing way to create pine needles to lay on sections of the base and was wondering if anyone had any experience (or suggestions) on creating this type of basing.

    A lot of things i'm reading suggest natural materials (herbs, real twigs, real pine needles cut to size, etc) and I haven't had much experience using those type of materials. Is there anything specific you need to do to avoid things like that rotting?


    Thanks for the help!
     
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    Hmmm that's hard as pine needles are pretty small compared to the model.

    I know that there are some products for that kind of forest, mostly for model train terrain.
    Might work.
     
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    Thanks! I actually haven't looked to see if something would be available for purchase, so i'll definitely check my local hobby store for their model train terrain. I don't know why but my brain just automatically assumed it would be something i'd have to make.
     
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    Check out this video by Paepercuts where he makes some pine trees:


    The majority of the video focusses on making the trees. Near the end he also decorates the base of the forest. Might give you some inspiration.

    Good luck!
     
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    Those are both perfect, thank you!
     

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